Dress-shield attachment



(No Model.)

P. H. MITCHELL.

DRESS SHIELD ATTACHMENT.

No. 603,773. Patented May 10,1898.

flfirzewwea- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK I-I. MITCHELL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO CHARLES T. ROOT, OF EAST ORANGE, AND CHARLES G. PHILLIPS, OF

MONTOLAIR, NEW JERSEY.

DRESS-SHIELD ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters ZPatent No. 603,773, dated May 10, 1898.

Application filed J ly 15, 1897. Serial No. 644,601. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK H. MITCHELL,

of the city and county of New York, in the tion.

- which is attached to the dress.

This invention relates to what are commonly known as dress-shields and attached to those portions of dresses which come under the armpits.

The object of the improvement is to provide means for attaching the shield to the dress which permits of its being easily detached for washing or any other purpose and as easily replaced.

A device embodying my invention consists of two clasping members of metal, one of which is to be removably applied over the seam between the waist and the sleeve of the dress, and the other of which is permanently attached to the shield within the fold there of and serves both the purpose of securing the first-mentioned member to the dress and the purpose of securing the shield in place therein.

1' will first describe my improved attachment with reference to the accompanying drawings and afterward point out its novelty in a claim.

Figure 1 is a side View of that portion of a dress which comes under the armpit and of a shield applied thereto with my attachment. Figs. 2 and 3 represent, respectively, on a larger scale than the real size, a side view and an edge view of that member of my device Figs. 4 and 5 represent, respectively, an edge view and a side view of that member which is permanently attached to the shield. Fig. 6 represents a transverse sectional view of the fold of the shield, the portions of the dress which come under the armpit, and an end view of my attachment. Fig. 7 shows a hook which may be used as an adjunct to my attachment. Fig. 8 is a side view representing a modification of my attachment.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

The member A, which is to be removably attached to the dress, consists of two small metal jawslhinged or flexibly connected at their upper edges, as shown at a, and having their lower edges turned toward each other and serrated, as shown at l) b. The other member B, which is to be permanently attached to the shield 0, consists of a metal clip or clasp made in the form of a loop or bow and having its lower edges turned toward each other to form rounded inward projections, as shown at c in Fig. 5. This member should have such stiifness and elasticity that its lower edges 0 may be sprung apart to enable the clasp to be passed over the member A,

and that when so passed over it may clamp the two jaws of the said member A. The

width of the jaws of this member B should preferably be somewhat less than that of the jaws of the member A, as may be understood by a comparison of Figs. 2 and 4. The jawsof the member A are formed with external indentations d, which run lengthwise thereof to receive the rounded turned-in edges 0 of the member B, for the purpose of holding down the fold of the shield snugly to the armhole-seam. At the ends of these indentations outward projections e are formed for the purpose of preventing the accidental longi-- tudinal displacement of the two members A and B'relatively to each other.

The above description applies to the example of the invention illustrated by Fig. 8 as well as to that illustrated by the other figures. The only difference between the two examples is that shown in Fig. 8. The two members are permanently connected together, as indicated at f, and in the other example there is no such connection, but they may be entirely separated when the shield is not applied to the dress D; Two of these attachments or attaching devices will be suffi cient for each shield, applied one near each end of the latter, as shown in Fig. 1.

The members B when placed within the fold of theshield, as shown in Figs. 1 and 6,

To apply the shield to the dress, the two members A with their jaws open, as shown in Fig. 3, are placed at a proper distance apart over the edge of the armhole 2'. The members B, which have been before mentioned as permanently secured to the shield, are then placed over the members A so far that the rounded lower edges 0 of the former enter the indentations d of the latter and force the lower serrated or toothed edges 7) of the member A into the fabric of the dress, as shown in Fig. 6, and the shield is thus retained in. place within the armhole of the dress.

It' has been hereinbefore mentioned that the members B of the attachment are permanently attached to the shield, yet one pair of these attachments may serve for many shields, as when one shield is worn out the members 13 of the attachment may be cut off or detached and be attached to a new shield.

In order to confine the lower edge of that loop of the shield which comes within the body of the dress, I prefer generally to use in connection with my attachment a hooked pin E, such as is shown in Fig. 7 and also shown in Fig. 1, the shank j of the said pin being sewed to the shield and the pin serving to hook into the waist-lining of the dress.

What I claim as my invention is An attachment for dress-shields consisting of two separable members one comprising two flexibly-connected jaws in the exteriors of which are indentations and the other comprising a spring-clasp having its ends turned inwardly to enter the said indentations, the said jaws being further provided with extertions for preventing the accidental longitudinal displacement of the two members relatively to each other, substantially as set forth.

FRANK H. MITCHELL.

Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, L. M. EGBERT.

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